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Impressionism

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

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Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that revolutionized painting by focusing on capturing light in its constantly changing qualities and emphasizing visible brushstrokes, ordinary subjects, and movement rather than precise detail. The movement, which emerged through independent exhibitions by Paris-based artists during the 1870s and 1880s, fundamentally changed how artists approached depicting the world around them.

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Art movement.caption: Impression, Sunrise, an 1872 Claude Monet oil on canvas painting now housed at Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. This painting became the source of the movement's name after Louis Leroy's 1874 article, "The Exhibition of the Impressionists", satirically implied that the painting was, at most, a sketch.
Art movement.country: France
Art movement.influences: Realism, Barbizon School
Art movement.commons: yes
Art movement.name: Impressionism
Art movement.image: Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant.jpg
Art movement.image_upright: 1.35
Art movement.alt: The 1872 painting "Impression, Sunrise" by Impressionist artist Claude Monet.

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Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette.jpg

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Commons category: Impressionism
Commons gallery: Impressionism
inception: 1860-00-00
subject named as: Impressionismus

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Overview
The Impressionism art movement
The First Impressionist Exhibition 1874
Critical response to Impressionism
Commercial success
20th-century presentation of Impressionism
Impressionist techniques
Content and composition
Female Impressionists
Prominent Impressionists
Timeline: lives of the Impressionists
Gallery
Associates and influenced artists
Beyond France
Impressionism in other media
Sculpture
Photography and film
Music
Literature
Post-Impressionism
See also
Notes
Citations
Works cited
External links

The Impressionists faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. The name of the style derives from the title of a Claude Monet work, (Impression, Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical 1874 review of the First Impressionist Exhibition published in the Parisian newspaper . The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.